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TO ALL WHOM IT MAYUONCERN:

Be it known thatwe, JUSTIN II. HILL and JOHN T. HAMMOND, of Olintornin the county of De Witt, and State of Illinois, have invented new" and usei'ul Improvements in ,Corn-Planters; and we do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description thereof', reference being had to the annexed drawings making part 'of this specication, in which- Figure l is a plan or Otop view, with a portion removed.

Figure 2 is a section on the line X X of g. I, and

Figure 3 is a cross-section on the line XI XI, same-figure.

The nature of o ur invention is such that the seed, before being finally deposited in the furrowmade to receive it, is brought to rest at a point above 'and near the surface of the ground, so that in the short distance it has at last to fall, it will not be scattered and `spread about, as it would beit' allowed to descend through the whole length of the conveying-chute or tube andV out of it.

In the drawing, A is the axle of our corn-planter, on which are supported the `seats B B for the driver and operator. C C is aframe connected with the axle,` and supporting at the ends of the cross-ties C the bed pieces D D, immediately in front of the wheels, which are made with broad treads tocrush'down and cover the furrows made by the plows or shovels E. These are attached by their standards to the front ends of tho bed` pieces D, and are so set asfto out a furrowimmediately inthe track of the wheels, and arerdivided at their rear ends into two diverging wings, that they may widen the furrow made hy their front cutting-edges. o

Each bed-p iece D has'ia longitudinal opening through iits centre for a portion of its length, communicating with the chute F, which has its terminal opening between the wings of the plow or shovel E. On the bed-piece D is secured a plate, a, having two holes l b, for the-passage of the seed into the chute, which holes are near the ends of theJongitudinal opening through the bed-piece D. The seed-hex or`hopper G is attached to the upper side oi' thc bed-piece D, and its bottom is rai-sed suiiicicntly above the top surface of the plate a to permit the sliding gate II tov traverse freely backwards and forwards under it and-on the plate e, the sides of which are turned up, as seen in fig, 3, to serve as guides for the gate, which in itselt` constitutes the bottom of the seed-hox or hopper. The gateH has two holes c c through it, nearer together than theV holes through the plate a, so Vthat only one pair of holes, b c, may be togethcrat a time, and the holes b are so placed, that when the holes c are over them, no communication will exist between them and the seed-box or hopper. The 'gates' H are l connected by a bar, d, from which av connecting-rod, c, extends to a lever, f, jointed to one of the -beams C of the frame, and within reach of the operator, who moves the gates byrvibrating the lever at the proper time. the under side of each, gate I-I, is attached an arm, g, which descends through a .slot in the plate a into the chute'F, and carries two pins, between which is embraced a Iiexible and elastic blade or tongue, 7L. This tongue is, hung upon ajoint-pin Vat'z', Jdgs. 2 and 3, and is wide enough below the pins on the arm g to fill up the whole interior width of the chute F, and still be able to vibrate withinit without frictionV against the sides. '.llhe` lower endoi` the tongue L, which is near the mouth Qi' the chute,'is forkede or double, as secu at 7c, g. 2. When the gate H is moved so that seed may be dropped int-o the chute F, the tongue 7L is also moved so that one limb of its forked'end shall close the chute on one side, and prevent the seed from falling out, until seed is dropped by another movement of the gate on the other sideof the'tonguc, when that seed which rst fell into the chute is released and drops'into the furrow made for it, and the seed last fed bythe gate is held as the first was, until it in turn shall be dropped into the furrow, which is done without being separated 'or scattered.

A lever, I, is rmly attached to the pole of the implement, which pole is jointed to thefront ends of the beams C at Z. This lever I extends rearwards, so as to be under the control of the driver. .A post, K, is erected on the axle A, having latch-notches, by which the rear end of'the levei'I may be sustainedat any altitude.y When it is desired to lift the plojws clear of the ground, it is eiiiected by raising the rear, en d of the lever I, when the frame G Cpwill be lifted at thejoints Z, and the weight ot' the implement will be supported on the wheels and the backs of the animals hauling it.

L L are vScrapers, foi` the purpose of clearing the wheels from the soil that may adh'ere to the-m as they roll. Having thus fully described our invent-ion, whatwe claim as new, and desire to seeureby Letters Patent, s The combination and arrangement of the slides H H and plates a a, with the tongue h, chute F, and plow E, 'as set forth.

In testimony that we claim the above-described improvements in gern-planters, we have. hereunto signed our names, this 20th day of January, 1868.

JUSTIN H. HILL, JOHN T. HAMMOND.

Witnesses:

SoLoMpN F. LEWIS, Cms. H. BENNETT. 

